-- Check the alert log simultaneously and note that just prior to the start of CSSD daemon, GPnP daemon on node2 copies the GPnP profile from host01 and file pending.xml is created in GRID_HOME/gpnp//profiles/peer

[ohasd(24187)]CRS-2772:Server ‘host02′ has been assigned to pool ‘Free’.

Hi ma’am
First of all congratulations on becoming Oracle Ace Associate.
The profile.xml file is created automatically even if other nodes are down. My understanding is that profile.xml is generated from OLR when CRS starts.

If we do “ocrdump -local “, we can see fields [SYSTEM.GPnP.profiles.peer.best] BYTESTREAM (16) : and [SYSTEM.GPnP.profiles.peer.pending] BYTESTREAM (16) : and on converting these hex value we get the content of the profile.xml. Please correct me if am wrong.

Thanks.
You are absolutely correct. The profile.xml file is created automatically even if other nodes are down. I also had the impression that it must be getting generated from OLR.
Now that you have verified that by converting hex values in OLR content, it is confirmed. Can you please share how did you converted the hex values?